B60L 50/00
Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle
Official title: Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle (with power supply from force of nature, e.g. sun or wind, B60L8/00; for monorail vehicles, suspension vehicles or rack railways B60L13/00)
B60L50/00 (Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle) appears on 18,050 US grants and 23,424 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60L- Granted patents
- 18,050
- Published applications
- 23,424
- Assignees
- 3,681
- Inventors
- 34,095
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 31 | 0 |
| 1977 | 17 | 0 |
| 1978 | 33 | 0 |
| 1979 | 14 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 16 | 0 |
| 1982 | 31 | 0 |
| 1983 | 19 | 0 |
| 1984 | 24 | 0 |
| 1985 | 40 | 0 |
| 1986 | 22 | 0 |
| 1987 | 27 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 17 | 0 |
| 1990 | 18 | 0 |
| 1991 | 21 | 0 |
| 1992 | 41 | 0 |
| 1993 | 39 | 0 |
| 1994 | 80 | 0 |
| 1995 | 66 | 0 |
| 1996 | 102 | 0 |
| 1997 | 106 | 0 |
| 1998 | 170 | 0 |
| 1999 | 144 | 0 |
| 2000 | 168 | 0 |
| 2001 | 146 | 64 |
| 2002 | 193 | 180 |
| 2003 | 149 | 228 |
| 2004 | 172 | 270 |
| 2005 | 164 | 266 |
| 2006 | 202 | 290 |
| 2007 | 192 | 323 |
| 2008 | 224 | 443 |
| 2009 | 219 | 505 |
| 2010 | 302 | 643 |
| 2011 | 437 | 697 |
| 2012 | 488 | 884 |
| 2013 | 653 | 1048 |
| 2014 | 715 | 1078 |
| 2015 | 943 | 1172 |
| 2016 | 940 | 1139 |
| 2017 | 1035 | 981 |
| 2018 | 1026 | 1144 |
| 2019 | 1052 | 1201 |
| 2020 | 1035 | 1428 |
| 2021 | 1058 | 1286 |
| 2022 | 1115 | 1439 |
| 2023 | 1009 | 1564 |
| 2024 | 1182 | 1714 |
| 2025 | 1232 | 1895 |
| 2026 | 890 | 1542 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60L 50/50Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle: using propulsion power supplied14,254
- B60L 50/10Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle: using propulsion power supplied5,417
- B60L 50/40Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle: using propulsion power supplied1,296
- B60L 50/20Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle: using propulsion power generated485
- B60L 50/30Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle: using propulsion power stored387
- B60L 50/90Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle: using propulsion power supplied165
Recent patents
- High voltage cable routing for electrified vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,140 B2Oshkosh Corporation
- System and method for allocating battery power for electric vehicles with a disconnect clutch6 Oct 2026US 12,752,622 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Battery electric vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,637 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Systems for auxiliary battery for inverter for electric vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,639 B2BorgWarner Inc.
- Control system for a hybrid vehicle with a dual voltage direct current bus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,640 B2Deere & Company
- High voltage cable routing for electrified vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306888 A1Oshkosh Corporation
- Detection and remediation of liquid intrusion in vehicle battery packs8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307491 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Electrified vehicle and a method for controlling regenerative braking thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307500 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Electric vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307504 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Battery electric vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307506 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrical system for a motor vehicle, including at least one supercapacitor1,516US 5,260,637 AMagneti Marelli S.p.A. · 1993
- Voltage converter control apparatus, and method1,440US 7,199,537 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 2007
- Methods and apparatus for increasing power of permanent magnet motors1,432US 6,777,838 B22004
- Tunable frangible battery pack system1,223US 7,923,144 B2Tesla, Inc. · 2011
- Apparatus, method and article for physical security of power storage devices in vehicles1,063US 8,560,147 B2Gogoro Inc. · 2013